Estrella

A girls’ name of Spanish origin, meaning star.

Babies a year
282
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
#612
up from #619
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies

How Estrella has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#536#772#1007201520202025#612

View as table
YearUS rank
2015#794
2016#812
2017#931
2018#873
2019#798
2020#737
2021#730
2022#677
2023#682
2024#619
2025#612

Estrella by the numbers

In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Estrella. In the US, 282 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 1,105 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,800 American girls born that year was called Estrella.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Estrella. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Estellastar; feminine form of Estelle346 in the US (2017)
  • Estellestar344 in the US (2017)
  • Estelastar; a form of Estelle95 in the US (2017)
  • Esabelladevoted to God; variant of Isabella20 in the US (2017)
  • Estrellitalittle star14 in the US (2017)
  • Estellstar; a form of Estelle

Other names that mean a star

Like Estrella, each of these has a star in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Stellastar5,038 in the US (2017)
  • Novanew; a brightening star650 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
  • Estherstar333 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Miriamstar of the sea; beloved197 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Maryamstar of the sea or beloved825 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Estrella

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